Focusing on the finish -Track team zeroing in on Southern Region Championships
Tyler Pell
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On Saturday, May 2, LCC was one of 23 schools from all over the northwest to descend on Forest Grove, Ore. for the Pacific University Twilight meet. Teams came from as far north as Alaska to compete in the track meet.
For LCC, the meet was one of the final tune-ups before they will try to defend their conference crown in Cottage Grove on May 9, for the Southern Region Championship.
On the women's side, sophomore Leah Twombly was the team's top finisher. Twombly finished the 3,000-meter run in 18:25 and came in second place behind Western Washington's Sarah Porter who finished the race in 16:56. Freshman thrower Tauni Powell took third in the javelin. Her 44.79-meter throw was less than a meter shy from the first place toss. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, sophomore Tara Krempley placed third for the Titans, finishing in 12:08.
Rocksi Miller, shot put; Mary Vaughn, pole vault; and Kim Wilson, 200-meter-dash, all finished in fourth place for LCC. Wilson also took fifth place in the 100-meter dash.
Other top-10 finishers were: Diani Batson, 200-meter dash; Katherine Barnhart, 5,000 meter run; and Rocksi Miller, javelin.
It was a strong day for the men's team who had top finishers in numerous events. But pole vault was by far the brightest spot.
Robby Fegles took first in the event with a 15'7" mark. And other LCC athletes: Scott Elliot, Garret Pruitt and Seth Lindquist all finished in the top five.
Chris Stubbs took home first place for the Titans in the 200-meter dash with a 21.88 time. LCC's Bryan Harper took first in the 400-meter dash, finishing in 48.95. Stubbs also finished third in the 100-meter dash, while Harper took sixth in the 200. Sophomore Tyler Lindgren's 57-meter hammer throw was good enough for second place. Lindgren also took ninth in the Discus. Max Perry was another Titan thrower who finished in the top 10 with his eighth place finish in the shot put. LCC's 4x100 relay team continued their strong season, taking third place in the race.
The Titans also finished well in the triple jump with freshmen Trent Davis and Kendrick Davis taking eighth and ninth. The freshmen duo finished sixth and tenth respectively in the long jump.
Other top finishers for LCC were distance runners Joe Churchill who finished in eighth place in the 1,500, Travis Stevens who took ninth in the 5,000 and Lukas Fenley who came in tenth place in the 1,500.
The track and field team will now begin to focus their attention on the end of season meets, beginning with the Southern Region Championships, where both the men and women are defending champions. Then they're onto the NWAACC Championships where both teams finished second last year to Community Colleges of Spokane.